Travel Blogs from St. Petersburg

Our first stop today was Catherine Palace and it's beautiful gardens. We enjoyed piroshki, both savoury and sweet for lunch. Sheila and I had the afternoon to ourselves to shop and also get wet in the rain and thunderstorm. This evening the sun is out again, it's time to pack and say farewell to Russia tomorrow.

Up early and out to do the touristy thing. Made sure I was wearing good shoes as at Petersburg is huge and would be a lot of walking.

Palace square then Hermitage museum was the plan, but not before coffee Again, the search was on for a good caffeine hit, which again was let down, by the lack of quality coffee and Barista's. We found a small cafe, and ordered a coffee to go at the bar, which for some random reason shared ...

... 8217;s, 70’s, 80’s and 90’s) before going into a bit of the old Pomp and Circumstance. The audience were joining in and waving their flags, singing Rule Britannia and other patriotic songs, and it really was quite stirring in a way. Fantastic stuff.

We all left the Neptune Lounge on a high, then went along to do the quiz as usual – ...